Lee's Hill

Lee's Hill is a hill located in the Lansdowne Valley of Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was named for the Confederate general Robert E. Lee, who used the hill as his command post during the 1862 American Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg. The Confederate States Army also positioned rifled cannon atop the hill, allowing for them to fire on Union positions as far away as Stafford Heights across the Rappahannock River. One of the Confederate artillery pieces exploded during the battle, but neither Lee nor his subordinates were injured, narrowly avoiding a gruesome death.